NEW YORK, New York, September 9, 2025 (ENS) – International talks on a treaty to govern the high seas beyond national jurisdictions began on a freezing February day in 2006 at UN Headquarters in New York City. Today, as nations gather at UN Headquarters for the 80th anniversary of the UN General Assembly, the High Seas Treaty is a reality. […]
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, December 9, 2022 (ENS) – Today’s update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species exposes the many threats wiping out marine species – illegal and unsustainable […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, February 25, 2021 (ENS) – A Puerto Rican man has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for felonies involving the trafficking and false labeling of protected reef creatures in an effort to avoid Puerto Rican laws developed to protect sea life on coral reefs. […]
GALVESTON, Texas, January 22, 2021 (ENS) – One of the last acts of the outgoing Trump administration was taken by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, which has tripled the area protected by the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico. […]
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